childhood Who acts: Childhood, they, someone, Grandma, He, song · What happens: be, have, spend, remind, play, learn · To what, where: time, child, kind, childhood, farm, happy childhood
«childhood» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: childhood in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Childhood is the time of a person's life when they are a child.
The tree, 14 words nsubj cop det case det nmod:poss case nmod advmod nsubj cop det nmod punct root Childhood NOUN is AUX the DET time NOUN of ADP a DET person NOUN 's PART life NOUN when ADV they PRON are AUX a DET child NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Childhood childhood NOUN Number=Sing 4 time nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 time cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 time det 4 time time NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 9 life case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 person det 7 person person NOUN Number=Sing 9 life nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 person case 9 life life NOUN Number=Sing 4 time nmod 10 when when ADV PronType=Int 14 child advmod 11 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 child nsubj 12 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 child cop 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 child det 14 child child NOUN Number=Sing 4 time nmod 15 . . PUNCT _ 4 time punct
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1 is a present Childhood the time of a person's life tree rules 2 is a present they a child tree rules
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Meaning 2 A childhood is the kind of life someone had as a child (a happy childhood).
The tree, 15 words det nsubj cop det case nmod nsubj acl:relcl case det obl punct det amod appos punct punct root A DET childhood NOUN is AUX the DET kind NOUN of ADP life NOUN someone PRON had VERB as ADP a DET child NOUN ( PUNCT a DET happy ADJ childhood NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 childhood det 2 childhood childhood NOUN Number=Sing 5 kind nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 kind cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 kind det 5 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 7 life case 7 life life NOUN Number=Sing 5 kind nmod 8 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 9 had nsubj 9 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 kind acl:relcl 10 as as ADP _ 12 child case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 child det 12 child child NOUN Number=Sing 9 had obl 13 ( ( PUNCT _ 16 childhood punct 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 childhood det 15 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 16 childhood amod 16 childhood childhood NOUN Number=Sing 12 child appos 17 ) ) PUNCT _ 16 childhood punct 18 . . PUNCT _ 5 kind punct
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1 is a present a childhood the kind of life tree rules 2 have past someone the kind not said here as a child vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Patient
Example 1 Grandma spent her childhood on a farm.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case det obl punct root Grandma NOUN spent VERB her PRON childhood NOUN on ADP a DET farm NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandma grandma NOUN Number=Sing 2 spent nsubj 2 spent spend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 childhood nmod:poss 4 childhood childhood NOUN Number=Sing 2 spent obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 farm case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 farm det 7 farm farm NOUN Number=Sing 2 spent obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 spent punct
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1 spend past Grandma Grandma's childhood on a farm goal vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent childhood=Asset on farm=Goal
Example 2 He had a happy childhood by the sea.
nsubj det amod obj case det obl punct root He PRON had VERB a DET happy ADJ childhood NOUN by ADP the DET sea NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 had nsubj 2 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 childhood det 4 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 5 childhood amod 5 childhood childhood NOUN Number=Sing 2 had obj 6 by by ADP _ 8 sea case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 sea det 8 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 2 had obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 had punct
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1 have past He a happy childhood by the sea vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent childhood=Patient
Example 3 They have been best friends since childhood.
nsubj aux cop amod case nmod punct root They PRON have AUX been AUX best ADJ friends NOUN since ADP childhood NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 friends nsubj 2 have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 friends aux 3 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 5 friends cop 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 5 friends amod 5 friends friend NOUN Number=Plur root root 6 since since ADP _ 7 childhood case 7 childhood childhood NOUN Number=Sing 5 friends nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 friends punct
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1 is a present · perfect They best friends since childhood tree rules
Example 4 This song reminds Dad of his childhood.
det nsubj obj case nmod:poss nmod punct root This DET song NOUN reminds VERB Dad PROPN of ADP his PRON childhood NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 This this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 2 song det 2 song song NOUN Number=Sing 3 reminds nsubj 3 reminds remind VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 Dad Dad PROPN Number=Sing 3 reminds obj 5 of of ADP _ 7 childhood case 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 childhood nmod:poss 7 childhood childhood NOUN Number=Sing 4 Dad nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 reminds punct
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1 remind speech: other present this song Dad of song's childhood vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient
Example 5 Childhood is a time for playing and learning.
nsubj cop det mark acl cc conj punct root Childhood NOUN is AUX a DET time NOUN for SCONJ playing VERB and CCONJ learning VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Childhood childhood NOUN Number=Sing 4 time nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 time cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 time det 4 time time NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 for for SCONJ _ 6 playing mark 6 playing play VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 time acl 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 learning cc 8 learning learn VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 playing conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 time punct
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1 is a present Childhood a time tree rules 2 play gerund a time not said here vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 learn gerund a time not said here vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 She wrote a book about her childhood in Ireland.
nsubj det obj case nmod:poss nmod case nmod punct root She PRON wrote VERB a DET book NOUN about ADP her PRON childhood NOUN in ADP Ireland PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 wrote nsubj 2 wrote write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 book det 4 book book NOUN Number=Sing 2 wrote obj 5 about about ADP _ 7 childhood case 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 childhood nmod:poss 7 childhood childhood NOUN Number=Sing 4 book nmod 8 in in ADP _ 9 Ireland case 9 Ireland Ireland PROPN Number=Sing 7 childhood nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 wrote punct
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1 write past She a book about her childhood in Ireland vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent book=Recipient about childhood=Topic
Example 7 Doctors give children vaccines in early childhood.
nsubj iobj obj case amod obl punct root Doctors NOUN give VERB children NOUN vaccines NOUN in ADP early ADJ childhood NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Doctors doctor NOUN Number=Plur 2 give nsubj 2 give give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 children child NOUN Number=Plur 2 give iobj 4 vaccines vaccine NOUN Number=Plur 2 give obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 childhood case 6 early early ADJ Degree=Pos 7 childhood amod 7 childhood childhood NOUN Number=Sing 2 give obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 give punct
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1 give present Doctors vaccines children early childhood vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent child=Recipient vaccine=Theme
Example 8 That old teddy bear was my childhood toy.
det amod compound nsubj cop nmod:poss compound punct root That DET old ADJ teddy NOUN bear NOUN was AUX my PRON childhood NOUN toy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 bear det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 teddy amod 3 teddy teddy NOUN Number=Sing 4 bear compound 4 bear bear NOUN Number=Sing 8 toy nsubj 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 toy cop 6 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 toy nmod:poss 7 childhood childhood NOUN Number=Sing 8 toy compound 8 toy toy NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 . . PUNCT _ 8 toy punct
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1 is a past that teddy bear my childhood toy tree rules
Example 9 "Have you been obliged to toil in this way from your childhood?"
The tree, 12 words punct aux nsubj aux:pass mark xcomp case det obl case nmod:poss obl punct punct root " PUNCT Have AUX you PRON been AUX obliged VERB to PART toil VERB in ADP this DET way NOUN from ADP your PRON childhood NOUN ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 5 obliged punct 2 Have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 obliged aux 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 obliged nsubj 4 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 5 obliged aux:pass 5 obliged oblige VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 to to PART _ 7 toil mark 7 toil toil VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 obliged xcomp 8 in in ADP _ 10 way case 9 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 10 way det 10 way way NOUN Number=Sing 7 toil obl 11 from from ADP _ 13 childhood case 12 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 childhood nmod:poss 13 childhood childhood NOUN Number=Sing 7 toil obl 14 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 obliged punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 5 obliged punct
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1 oblige in a quote present · perfect · passive you vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result 2 toil in a quote to-infinitive this way from your childhood vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Trajectory
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